The Star Kingdom of Hawaii is a rare example of an actual, working monarchy in the modern day. The native population had never forgotten the overthrow of their historical monarchy in the later 1800s, but also never had the power to take their sovereignty back. The American garrison could not be defeated by any force of arms the locals could raise, and as the years turned into decades and then over a century they did what they could to encourage America to reverse its actions. The American government eventually recognized the overthrow, and even began considered them for inclusion to the list of Indian Tribes. Then the Second Great Depression came upon us all, and politics on Hawaii changed as fundamentally as they did on the mainland.